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MACHINE FOR CUTTING AND CARRYING CORN.

No. 433.121. Patented July 29,1890.

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MACHINE FOR CUTTING AND CARRYING CORN.

No. 433,121. Patented July 29,1890.

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PETER F. FLEMING, OF HUNTSVILLE, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO NV. E. IVADE AND IV. T. DAMERSON, BOTH OF SAME PLACE.

MACHINE FOR CUTTING AND CARRYING CORN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 433,121, dated July 29, 1890.

Application filed November 29, 1889- Serial No. 331,893. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern: more rigid in the way of swaying sidewise. in Be it known that I, PETER F. FLEMING, a case only one of the knives hereinafter def citizen of the United States, residing at IIuntsscribed is used, making the machine run ville, in the county of Randolph and State of steadier and give a better cut. 5 5 Missouri, have invented certain new and use- At the forward end of the platform are the ful Improvements in Machines for Cutting standards G, suitably braced by the braces e, and Carrying Corn; and I do hereby declare and further braced by means of the cross-bar that the following is a full, clear, and exact II, which connects the upper ends of the description of the same, reference being had standards, and the ends of which extend rear- 1a to the annexed drawings, making a part of ward, as shown at f, to form handles for the this specification, and to the letters of refcroperators to hold onto as the machine is in ence marked thereon. operation. These standards and braces also This invention relates to certain new and serve as guards to keep the hands of the opuseful improvements in machines for cutting erators off of the knives in gathering in the r 5 and shocking corn. out corn.

The novelty resides in the peculiar combi- Across the upper face of the platform, tonations and the construction, arrangement, ward the rear thereof, are the cross bars or and adaption of parts, all as more fully heretimbers 1, near each end of which is pivinafter described, shown in the drawings, and oted one end of the short bars J on a longi- 2c then particularly pointed out in the appended tudinal pivot g, and to the other ends of these claims. short bars is rigidly'secured the longitudi- The invention is clearly illustrated in the nal timber or bar K, one on each side of the accompanying drawings, which, with the letmachine. These longitudinal timbers are proters of reference marked thereon, form a part vided with a plurality of diverging arms L,

25 of this specification, and in whichpreferably rounded, as shown, the timbers Figure 1 is a top plan of the device emand arms forming racks to receive the corn, bodying my improvements. Fig. 2 is a side as will hereinafter appear. The ends of the view thereof. Fig. 3is a detail in under plan, short bars .I near their pivots are rounded, showing the mannerof adjusting the saws or as shown at h, to aid them in turning over,

o cutters' Fig at is a detail in end elevation of as clearly shown in Figs. 2 and I.

one of the tilting racks. Across the upper face of the platform, near Like letters of reference indicate like parts its front end, I secure a bar 1', which serves as throughout the several views. a brace for the feet of the operators.

Referring now to the details of the draw- M are the cutters,whichmaybeeitherknives 3 5 ings by letter, A designates a suit-able frame or saws, as may be preferred. There is one or platform supported upon the two rear on each side of the machine, and as they are wheels B and the front wheel C, the wheel 0 both alike and operate iu:tl1e same manner a being carried by a transverse shaft a, jourdescription of one will suifice for both. The naled in the lower ends of the bifurcations knife or saw M is rigidlyattaohed to an arm N, 0 40 of a hanger b,to the front end of which is atand extends at an angle to the line of draft, tached, on a transverse shaft or pin 0, the as shown in the drawings. It is braced near draft attachmentD. Rigidlyattached to this its outer end to the arm N by means of a hanger is the vertical pin E, which is free to brace-bar j, the said arm N being pivotally turn in hearings in the arms F, secured to the connected to the under side of the platform 5 5 front end of the platform, as shown in Figs. by means of a vertical pivot-pin k, and at its 1 and 2. The upper end of this pin E is prorear end formed with a lateral portion Z, provided with anutd to hold it against displa-oevided with a plurality of holes m, and workment. By this construction it will be seen ing above a keeper or plate a, perforated for that the draft is applied directly to the front the reception of a removable pin 0, which is 50 wheel 0, which can turn only as the horse designed to pass through an opening in the turns, and which thus makes the machine lateral portion of the arm N to hold it in its adjusted position. This pin passes through the platform, and by removing the said pin the angle of the saw or knife can be changed to suit the character of rows of corn which it is desired to cut, and by inserting the pin in the proper hole keep the knife in such position.

The knife M is extended downward as well as rearward, as shown in Fig. 2, to give an upward and rearward impetus to the corn as it is cut, and also to allow of its swinging under the platformwhen itis desired to have it do so, for the purpose of transportation or storage, by simply removing the pin and swinging the arm N on its pivot.

The operation is simple and apparent. The draft is applied and the machine drawn forward between two rows of standing corn, two men being on the platform, one near each side at the forward end, and standing inside the guards or standards G G. The forward movement of the machine causes'the knives or saws to come in contact with the corn and cut it oif. As the corn is cut, the hands of the operators catch it and lay it back on the racks, and when they are full the horse is stopped and the racks tilted, as shown in Fig. 1, by taking hold of one of the inside arms L and lifting on the same,,which will cause the 'rack to tilt, and the corn thereon will slide off onto the ground into a straight pile, so that it can be easily picked up and put in shock. Of course the racks might be tilted without stopping the machine; but it is preferred to stop the horse while tilting the racks.

W'hat I claim as new is l. The combination, with the frame and the cross-bars, of the short bars pivoted at their outer ends 011 horizontal pivots passed through the said short bars to the ends of the cross-bars, the longitudinal timbers connecting the other ends of the short bars, and the divergent arms on the longitudinal timbers, substantially as described.

2. The combination, with the platform and 45 the cross-bars upon the upper face thereof, of the short bars pivoted attheir outer ends to the ends of the cross-bars upon longitudinal pivots and having one end rounded and at a distance above the platform, the longitudi- 5o nal timbers connecting the outer orfree ends of the short bars, and the arms on the longitudinal timbers, substantially as described.

In testimony thatl claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my name in the pres- 55 ence of two Witnesses.

PETER F. FLEMING.

Witnesses:

WV. F. HAMMETT, O. B. SHAEFER. 

